The way my grocery delivery works is like this. Every other Monday a volunteer calls to get my order, which is then delivered on Thursday of the same week. Today my order went in.
I have decided, after doing some online research, to try dehydrating eggs. I will post the results of this experiment after I give it a try.
I decided to dehydrate eggs after comparing the price of a #10 can of Augason Farms freeze dried eggs - 72 servings for $69.99 on sale - to purchasing 72 fresh eggs for $18.50. Even figuring in the electricity used to run the dehydrator, it is still much cheaper to do it myself.
With the reports of 'bird flu' causing the slaughter of flocks of chickens, and knowing that the cost of a carton of 18 eggs has gone from under $2 to $4.50 within the last two months, finding a way to preserve eggs has become high on my list of things I need to do.
Dehydrated eggs can be used for scrambled eggs or omelets and for baking. Granted, there will be no more fried eggs, but that is better than no eggs at all.
The way things seem to be headed with food shortages and higher prices, the more we can put back now, the better. Nobody is going to save us. We are on our own.
Never mind the latest rendition of "avian flu." You know; the one where "the authorities" are killing off millions of chickens to "keep the disease from spreading..." Talk about the cure being worse than the ill! I guess avian flu can't kill a DEAD CHICKEN... Eggs are going to become unobtainium! Yeah... Any eggs will be better than none... Avian flu... Yeah... Uh-huh...
ReplyDeletePete...Covid doesn't scare anyone any more, so of course they trot out something else to make our lives miserable. In addition to dehydrating eggs, I am canning and freezing as much chicken as possibe, for that is the meat I use the most often. And if the slaughter of birds continues, chicken and eggs will either disappear or be too expensive for anyone to buy. If this experiment works, I will be drying eggs until I can't get them any more.
DeleteYou do know all of this is planned. And may those who are hurting so many people spend eternity in a very hot place!
May God forgive them, for I am not at all sure that I can.
I paid $5.99 for 18 eggs. That is only 33 cents per egg, very cheap protein. Monday afternoon, the price for 18 eggs was $6.39. I am worried how poor mothers can feed their children.
ReplyDeleteLinda...I guess the price of eggs depends on what part of the country you live in. I expect prices here will continue to rise. I believe that if things continue the way they are now, it won't be just kids that will be hungry.
DeleteI would have never thought of dehydrating your own eggs. I learned something new.
ReplyDeleteBW...I didn't know about dehydrating eggs either until someone mentioned it in the comments here a while back. I think it is worth a try.
DeleteI am heading out to the store and will attempt to purchase eggs for dehydrating. Looking forward to the results of your experiment. Thanks, Vicki! 😊
ReplyDeleteCW...I hope it works as well as I have seen in the videos I watched on the subject. It is the one method that might work well for me. I will post the results of the experiment - good or bad.
DeleteI dehydrated a batch of eggs a couple of years ago, and then we moved. I have no idea where they are, other than downstairs somewhere. I don't recall trying them out at the time, and I think I didn't dehydrate any more because I didn't have trays to hold the liquid eggs, so I could only dehydrate a small amount on each sheet.
ReplyDeleteAn alternative to dehydrating eggs is freezing them. You just add a little sugar or salt to make them last up to a year in the freezer. Of course, the cons to that are taking up freezer space and depending on electricity to power the freezer. Anyway, I've got an article on freezing eggs for storage posting on my blog on Thursday.
I, too, am looking forward to the results of your experiment.
Jennifer...I had considered freezing eggs, but what little space is left in my freezer is needed for more meat. I know that it will take time to dehydrate the eggs as they need to be dried on the fruit roll-up trays that came with my dehydrator, and I think I only have a very few of them. Still, the freeze dried eggs are a bit too spendy for my budget. And I would rather dry them myself, so I know there is nothing but egg in them.
Deleteread that govt test for avian flu is one that turns up many false positives
ReplyDeletewriter suggested flock owners have testing done with reliable test before feds get to them
will then have clean certificate for flock
frb...I am not that familiar with the government rules concerning chicken flocks and the avian flu. But an educated guess would be that like most other tests, the government will only accept the results of their own.
Deletesorry deb...frb = typo.
DeleteWe had Newcastle's disease in my county a few years back. The county would come through and "inspect" the chickens. If the "official" saw a sick chicken, or even a chicken whose wings were drooping (110* heat will make for hot chickens... go figure) he would have the whole flock killed "just in case, for the common good." Bringing a sick chicken to the vet was a death sentence for the flock! Word to the wise; if you're currently tangled in the "Avian Flu" web, DON"T take a sick chicken to be tested! Better to cull that one bird than to lose them all! Call me what you want for saying this, but the government is NOT your friend!
DeleteAmen to that, Peteforester.
DeleteI have a question for you or others who have raised chickens. Why do the chickens have to be killed if they get the flu? Isn't it something that they would just recover from like people recover from the flu?
ReplyDeletejanie...I haven't researched avian flu, but from what I have seen, there are claims that this flu transfers to humans. That seems to be the government's reasoning for killing the chickens. Personally, I believe that is just an excuse to eliminate one source of meat with the goal being complete control of the population.
DeleteAgreed, Vicki. The government wants to be in charge of which h fake food we get to eat and when.
DeleteGood luck, Vicki!
thanks. that's what i was suspecting. but have never raised chickens.
DeleteLindaG...The government wants to control every aspect of our lives. I hate to break it to them, but most who comment here are uncontrolable! As for myself, at my age, a life sentence is no longer a deterrent. If government entities were smart at all, they woud just leave us alone. (End of rant, my friend! Take good care.)
DeleteWe are doing our best, Vicki. :)
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